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Topic: HOUSEHOLD

Date: 1300-1400
Language: Scottish Gaelic
Origin: bogach, from bog 'soft'

bog

1 noun
     
bog1
1 [uncountable and countable]DN an area of low wet muddy ground, sometimes containing bushes or grasses [↪ marsh, swamp]
2 [countable]DH British English informal a toilet
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